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José Alberto Iglesias
Tanguito, c. 1970
Background information
Birth name
José Alberto Iglesias
Also known as
Tanguito, Tango, Ramsés
Born
(1944-09-16)September 16, 1944 San Martín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died
May 19, 1972(1972-05-19) (aged 27) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres
Rock
folk
pop
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
Years active
1965–1972
Musical artist
José Alberto Iglesias (September 16, 1944 – May 19, 1972), better known as Tango or its diminutive Tanguito or Ramses VII, was an Argentine rock singer-songwriter. Born into a working-class family from western Greater Buenos Aires, he began his career in the early 1960s as the lead singer of the nueva ola group Los Dukes, which recorded two singles released on label Music Hall. In the mid-to-late 1960s, he became a leading figure in the countercultural underground of Buenos Aires, a scene that gave birth to Argentine rock (known locally as rock nacional, Spanish for "national rock"), the earliest incarnation of Spanish-language rock. Tanguito is celebrated for co-writing Los Gatos' hit "La balsa", that catapulted the burgeoning rock nacional into massive popularity in the summer of 1967–68. This success led to a contract with RCA Victor which soon ended after the little impact of the 1968 single "El hombre restante". Tanguito later worked for Mandioca, Argentine rock's first independent record label founded by producers Jorge Álvarez and Pedro Pujó in 1968.
In the early 1970s, his amphetamine addiction worsened and deeply damaged his career and personal life. He was arrested on several occasions and later hospitalized at the Hospital Borda, where he was subjected to electroshock therapy. In May 1972, he was declared legally insane and transferred to a prison for psychopaths. That same month, Tanguito escaped and lost his life under the San Martín train. His only studio album, Tango, was posthumously released in 1973 and compiled his recordings for Mandioca between 1969 and 1970. The album turned Tanguito into a cult figure among suburban rock fans and installed the persistent myth that he had been the original author of "La balsa" and Litto Nebbia had taken advantage of his fragile state of mind. The musician later became a cultural icon as the subject of the 1993 film Tango Feroz, becoming the archetype of the tragic rock hero. In 2009, the archival album Yo soy Ramsés was released, which compiled unedited 1967 recordings for RCA Victor. In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked Tango fifty-sixth on its list of the "100 Best Albums of Argentine Rock".
(September 16, 1944 – May 19, 1972), better known as Tango or its diminutive Tanguito or Ramses VII, was an Argentine rock singer-songwriter. Born into a working-class...
Tango Feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito (Spanish: Wild tango: the legend of Tanguito) is a 1993 Argentine drama musical film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro,...
"La balsa" was written by Litto Nebbia—lead vocalist of the band—and Tanguito (credited as Ramsés) on May 2, 1967, in the men's toilet of La Perla de...
British musician Ramsés VII, pseudonym used by Argentine singer-songwriter Tanguito (1945-1972) Ramesses (band), an English sludge/doom metal band, formed...
with Argentine director Marcelo Piñeyro in Tango feroz: la leyenda de Tanguito. They came together again for Caballos salvajes (1995), for which Leonardo...
Raft"), was written at that location by Nebbia and the ill-fated songwriter Tanguito on May 2, 1967, and following its release on the RCA Victor label on July...
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English, but others were experimenting with Spanish language lyrics, notably Tanguito. The regulars of La Cueva also included poetry buffs and young people willing...
Argentine producer Horacio Martínez is credited with the 'discovery' of Tanguito, Los Gatos and Moris". "El Cuarto Soda". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish)...
and lead singer in the Argentine blues band Manal) Miguel Abuelo, and Tanguito would gather in the mid-1960s Argentina to exchange ideas. Los Beatnicks...
performance Almost Normal Nominated Hugo Awards Male Performer in child-youth Tanguito mine Nominated 2014 Florencio Sánchez Award Best Actor in a Musical Fierce...
Congress Copyright Office. 1952. p. 257. Abeele, Bruno Vanden. "A media luz". Tanguito, Argentine Tango Academy. Retrieved 2023-04-04. "A media luz. Tango (1924)"...
Paradise. Retrieved 8 January 2018. Martín Otín, José Antonio (2011). "Un tanguito de arrabal". El fútbol tiene música. Córner. ISBN 978-8415242000. "La fiche...
Almendra, Vox Dei, Manal, and Pedro y Pablo, and singer-songwriters like Tanguito, Moris, and Javier Martinez. By 1970, Argentine rock had become established...
Raft), was written at that location by Nebbia and the ill-fated songwriter Tanguito on May 2, 1967, and following its release on the RCA Victor label on July...
Argentine biographical musical drama film loosely based in the life of Tanguito, one of the first artists of Argentine rock The Visual Bible: Matthew (1993)...
collaborated with the Argentinean band Los Calzones Rotos on the album Tanguito on the song "Loco". She also collaborated on the album "Homenaje a Pedro...
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